The following is a list of special elections for the Michigan House of Representatives.

List of special elections

Date District Incumbent Party Winner Party Cause May 9–10, 1836 Wayne Jonathan P. Fay Dem. Charles Moran Dem. Death April 1837 Calhoun Ezra Convis Dem. Sands McCamley Dem. Unclear if Ezra Convis resigned or died in office. 1837 Monroe Lemuel Colbath Peter PicottPeter Picott did not take his seat. Dem. Death 1838–1839 Washtenaw Calvin SmithCalvin Smith died before taking his seat. Whig Nathan Pierce Whig Death 1870 Wayne 4 George W. Swift Rep. Charles H. Bennett Dem. Resigned July 16, 1870 Eaton 2 Almon Thompson Rep. Albertus L. Green Rep. Resigned Hillsdale 2 Harvey B. Rowlson Rep. James H. Armstrong Rep. Resigned St. Clair 1 Nathan Boynton Rep. Tubal C. Owen Rep. Resigned March 5, 1872 Jackson 3 John Landon Rep. Hiram C. Hodge Dem. Death March 6, 1872 Genesee 3 John I. Phillips Rep. Frederick Walker Rep. Death March 1872 Bay William R. Bates Rep. Isaac Marston L. Rep. Resigned February 23, 1874 Berrien 3 Evan J. Bonine Rep. Ethan A. Brown Dem. Resigned Genesee 2 Levi Walker Rep. Leroy Parker Rep. Death Manistee Merritt N. Chafey Rep. Andrew J. Dovell Dem. Resigned Marquette Edward Breitung Rep. Henry J. Colwell Dem. Resigned Shiawassee 2 Benjamin Walker Rep. Lorison J. Taylor Rep. Death February 26, 1874 Allegan 2 Charles W. Watkins Rep. William F. Hardin Resigned April 1875 Van Buren 2 George G. B. Yeckley Rep. William Thomas Rep. Death January 24, 1882 Lapeer 2 Frank Kendrick Rep. Frederick H. Hill Rep. Death April 4, 1898 Berrien 2 Edwin Williams Rep. Carmi Smith Rep. Resigned Lapeer Henry Lee Rep. Edmund Brownell Rep. Death September 17, 1907 Ingham 1 Stanley D. Montgomery Rep. Alex Cohen Rep. Resigned 1929 Wayne 1 John E. Owen Rep. Clarence J. Dacey Rep. Resigned April 3, 1933 Emmet Dana H. Hinkley Rep. Edward Fenlon Dem. Death November 7, 1933 Ingham 1 John G. Rulison Dem. Allen McDonald Rep. Death March 4, 1935 Genesee 2 Charles Parker Dem. Maurice Matthews Rep. Death Midland Don E. Sias Rep. Aaron T. Bliss Sr. Rep. Death Sanilac John W. Goodwine Rep. Alpheus P. Decker Rep. Death Tuscola D. Knox Hanna Rep. Audley Rawson Rep. Death April 1, 1935 St. Clair 1 Duncan J. McColl Jr. Rep. Mervin W. Tomlin Dem. Resigned April 2, 1945 Wayne 1 James J. Murphy Dem. William Minton Donnelly Dem. Death April 8, 1947 Van Buren Edson V. Root Sr. Rep. Glenn B. Robinson Rep. Death November 4, 1947 Wayne 2 Frank J. Calvert Rep. Richard L. Thomson Rep. Death November 7, 1950 Clinton John Paxton Espie Rep. Andrew W. Cobb Rep. Death Jackson 2 Floyd E. Town Rep. Leo Miller Rep. Death Kalamazoo 2 Ural S. Acker Rep. Cyril H. Root Rep. Death Kent 3 Fay E. Benjamin Rep. Irving Pennington Rep. Death Montcalm Walter G. Herrick Rep. George A. Kohn Rep. Death March 26, 1952 St. Joseph Bert Dickerson Rep. John W. Fletcher Rep. Death January 10, 1958 Wayne 3 Edward Carey Dem. William A. Ryan Dem. Resigned April 6, 1959 Ottawa George Van Peursem Rep. Riemer VanTil Rep. Resigned August 31, 1959 Kent 3 Glenn Hunsberger Rep. Martin D. Buth Rep. Death December 8, 1959 Wayne 11 Charline White Dem. David S. Holmes Jr. Dem. Death November 8, 1960 Genesee 2 George A. Gillespie Rep. Gordon Rockwell Rep. Death Midland John C. Morris Rep. Nelson Tisdale Rep. Resigned Presque Isle Emil A. Peltz Rep. Ross O. Stevens Rep. Death Wayne 2 Frank D. Williams Dem. Maxcine Young Dem. Resigned March 19, 1962 Ingham 1 Ralph H. Young Rep. Charles J. Davis Rep. Death May 10, 1965 24th Daniel W. West Dem. James Del Rio Dem. Seat declared vacant May 23, 1967 19th Joseph J. Kowalski Dem. Anthony C. Licata Rep. Death June 6, 1967 75th James S. Nunneley Rep. David M. Serotkin Rep. Death February 25, 1969 41st Bill J. Marshall Rep. John P. Smeekens Rep. Death March 8, 1971 4th William B. Fitzgerald Dem. William B. Fitzgerald Jr. Dem. Death July 15, 1971 54th Edson V. Root Jr. Rep. Bela E. Kennedy Rep. Death March 19, 1974 15th James Bradley Dem. Joseph F. Young Sr. Dem. Resigned June 4, 1974 21st David S. Holmes Jr. Dem. Clifford D. Gary Dem. Resigned June 25, 1974 101st J. Bob Traxler Dem. Colleen Engler Rep. Resigned November 5, 1974 47th Jack Welborn Rep. Robert A. Welborn Rep. Resigned June 28, 1977 80th Harold Scott Dem. Thomas E. Scott Dem. Resigned 35th R. Robert Geake Rep. Jack Kirksey Rep. Resigned May 4, 1978 49th Dan Angel Rep. Everitt F. Lincoln Rep. Resigned July 11, 1978 66th Monte Geralds Dem. Gary Vanek Dem. Expelled March 25, 1980 36th Robert C. Law Rep. Sylvia Skrel Rep. Resigned November 4, 1980Special election held alongside a general election. 81st Mark Clodfelter Dem. Robert L. Emerson Dem. Resigned March 23, 1982 21st Barbara-Rose Collins Dem. Clifford D. Gary Dem. Resigned April 13, 1982 29th Alfred Sheridan Dem. Rick Sitz Dem. Death June 8, 1982 3rd Casmer P. Ogonowski Dem. Clem Bykowski Dem. Resigned 69th Dana F. Wilson Dem. Wilfred D. Webb Dem. Resigned November 6, 1984 20th Rudy J. Nichols Rep. Claude Trim Rep. Resigned 21st Richard Sullivan Dem. Lynn Owen Dem. Death November 8, 1988 10th Virgil C. Smith Dem. Ted Wallace Dem. Resigned January 16, 1990 25th Dennis Dutko Dem. D. Roman Kulchitsky Rep. Resigned August 27, 1991 36th Gerald H. Law Rep. Georgina F. Goss Rep. Resigned 65th Mike Bouchard Rep. John Jamian Rep. Resigned November 26, 1991 18th Sidney Ouwinga Rep. John Gernaat Rep. Death November 3, 1992 5th Teola Pearl Hunter Dem. Triette Lipsey Dem. Resigned June 29, 1993 3rd Joe Young Sr. Dem. Mary Lou Parks Dem. Death 65th Philip E. Hoffman Rep. Clyde LeTarte Rep. Resigned April 26, 1994 43rd Charlie Harrison Dem. Hubert Price Dem. Resigned 69th David Hollister Dem. Lynne Martinez Dem. Resigned 110th Stephen Shepich Dem. Paul Tesanovich Dem. Resigned May 16, 1995 109th Dominic Jacobetti Dem. Mike Prusi Dem. Death November 5, 1996 25th Robert DeMars Dem. Gloria Schermesser Dem. Death 38th Bill Bullard Jr. Rep. Nancy Cassis Rep. Resigned June 17, 1997 22nd Gregory Pitoniak Dem. Raymond E. Basham Dem. Resigned February 24, 1998 32nd David Jaye Rep. Alan Sanborn Rep. Resigned March 20, 2001 33rd Janet Kukuk Rep. Leon Drolet Rep. Death July 10, 2001 86th Valde Garcia Rep. Scott Hummel Rep. Resigned February 26, 2002 32nd Alan Sanborn Rep. Brian Palmer Rep. Resigned August 27, 2002 9th Kwame Kilpatrick Dem. Fred Durhal Jr. Dem. Resigned May 20, 2003 65th Jerry Kratz Rep. Mickey Mortimer Rep. Death November 7, 2006 29th Clarence Phillips Dem. Hayes Jones Dem. Resigned 56th Herb Kehrl Dem. Kate Ebli Dem. Death 69th Gretchen Whitmer Dem. Mark Meadows Dem. Resigned November 2, 2010 65th Mike Simpson Dem. Mike Shirkey Rep. Death 95th Andrew Coulouris Dem. Stacy Erwin Oakes Dem. Resigned February 28, 2012 29th Tim Melton Dem. Tim Greimel Dem. Resigned 51st Paul H. Scott Rep. Joseph Graves Rep. Recalled November 5, 2013 49th Jim Ananich Dem. Phil Phelps Dem. Resigned March 8, 2016 75th Brandon Dillon Dem. David LaGrand Dem. Resigned 80th Cindy Gamrat Rep. Mary Whiteford Rep. Expelled 82nd Todd Courser Rep. Gary Howell Rep. Resigned November 8, 2016 11th Julie Plawecki Dem. Lauren Plawecki Dem. Death 28th Derek E. Miller Dem. Patrick Green Dem. Resigned November 7, 2017 1st Brian Banks Dem. Tenisha Yancey Dem. Resigned 109th John Kivela Dem. Sara Cambensy Dem. Death November 6, 2018 68th Andy Schor Dem. Sarah Anthony Dem. Resigned March 10, 2020 34th Sheldon Neeley Dem. Cynthia Neeley Dem. Resigned November 3, 2020 4th Isaac Robinson Dem. Abraham Aiyash Dem. Death May 3, 2022 15th Abdullah Hammoud Dem. Jeffrey Pepper Dem. Resigned 36th Doug Wozniak Rep. Terence Mekoski Rep. Resigned 43rd Andrea Schroeder Rep. Mike Harris Rep. Death 74th Mark Huizenga Rep. Carol Glanville Dem. Resigned April 16, 2024 13th Lori Stone Dem. Mai Xiong Dem. Resigned 25th Kevin Coleman Dem. Peter Herzberg Dem. Resigned

See also List of special elections to the Michigan Senate

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